Col Martin MADAN [12623]

  General Notes:

Colonel Martin Madan (1700-1756) was groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and MP for Wootton Basset from 1742 to1747. Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards

Martin Madan was married to Judith Madan (née Cowper) the English poet who called him Lysander in a poem entitled "To Lysander" composed on 3 October 1726, one year after the birth of their son.
Their sons included Rev. Martin Madan, author of Thelyphthora, a defence of polygamy, and the Right Rev. Spencer Madan, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough. Their elder daughter, Maria Frances Cecilia, married William Cowper of Hertingfordbury, her first cousin; the younger daughter Penelope (died 22 December 1805), became the wife of General Sir Alexander Maitland (1728– 1820). Madan was the grandfather of General Frederick Maitland
Madan died at Bath 4 March 1756.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Madan_(MP)

Martin married Judith COWPER [12622] [MRIN: 4246], daughter of Justice Spencer COWPER MP [12624] and Pennington GOODERE [12628], on 7 Dec 1723. (Judith COWPER [12622] was born on 26 Aug 1702 and died on 7 Dec 1781.)